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T. SAUNDERS.

BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

No. 439,898. Patented Nov; 4, 1890.

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TSAUNDBRS. BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

No. 439,898. Patented Nov. 4, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE SAUNDERS, OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR rlO El). A. NICHOLS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-WASHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,898, dated November 4, 1890.

Application filed April 28, 1890.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, THEoDoRE SAUNDERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Danbury, in the county of Fairiield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Washing Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. Y

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in machines for washing bottles, glasses, and similar vessels, and has for its objects to provide means for subjecting the interior of the vessel to be washed to the action of a forcibly-impelled jet of water, toprovide also mechanical cleansing devices adapted to exert a sweeping or scraping action thereon, to provide means for imparting the needful rapid rotary movement to the mechanical cleansing devices, and to provide means for holding the bottle or glass in proper position for the operations just enumerated. My invention furthermore contemplates the v use either of cold water as drawn from ordinary supply-pipes or of hot water, in which case no connection with a water-supply under pressure is necessary, but in place thereof is required a steam-jet to supply theL needed power.

With these ends in view my invention consists in the construction and combination of elements hereinafter fully set forth, and then recited in the claims, and particularlyin the combination with the means for operating the Water-jet, of mechanism for simultaneously actuating the mechanical cleansing elements,

in the method of obtaining hot water for use 4o in the apparatus, and in the means for upholding the bottle or glass while subjected to the operation of Washing.

In order that those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains may fully un- 45 derstand its construction and method of operation, I will describe the same in detail, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- 5o Figure l is a vertical sectional elevation 0f Serial No. 349,765. (No model.)

a bottle-washin g machine made in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a detail plan view, the spindle being sectioned; Fig. 3, a detail transverse section through the spindle-driving blades or buckets Fig. Lha sectional elevation of a somewhat modified construction adapted for washing glasses.

Like numerals denote the same parts 1n all the figures of the drawings.

Referring now particularly to Fig. l, l isa 6o pipe which is adapted to supply thewashing apparatus with water and also serves to support it.

For the purpose of receiving the Waste Water, and for a further purposepresently to be explained, the apparatus is preferably mounted over a tub 2, from which any convenient waste-pipe 3 extends.

Upon the vertical portion of the pipe 1, which is screw-threaded, as shown,is secured 7o a casing 4, into which a jet-tube 5, adapted to take water from the supply-pipe, is led. This casing has dischargeopenings 6 in its top wall, through which the Water may escape after actuating the blades and return down t-he side of the casing into the tub.

In suitable bearings and extending longitudinallyof the casing is mounted a rotative spindle '7, provided with projecting buckets 8, against which the stream from the jet'tube 5 8o is thrown for the purpose of imparting revolution to the spindle in its bearings.

Above the casing the spindle is jointed, and upon the removable upper section thereof, numbered 9, are secured several short chains S5 10, each preferablyhaving a globular weight l1 attached to its extremity. The end of the upper section of the spindle carries a brush l2, adapted to co-operate with the chain in removing any sediment or deposit from the 9o inner surface of the glass.

W'hile the arrangement shown is preferable,

I do not wish to be understood as making it essential.

An induct-iube 13 divides with the jet the 95 water from the pipe l and conducts substantially half of the supply upward through the casing and discharges it into the vessel to be Washed when the same is in position. A

drain-pipe 14: extends downward out of the loo vessel, substantially parallel with the tube 13,l and conducts aportion of the water from said vessel into the tub.

Surrounding the tubes and the casing in which the spindle has its bearing is a cap 15, upon which is removably secured a ring 16, bearing a frame 17, adapted to support the bottle to be washed. The spindle and the tubes project upward through the cap 15, (see Fig. 2,) and a raised wire support 18 is adapted to uphold the bottle so that it may drain. The foregoing parts forni a complete operat-i ve bottlewashingapparatus for use with an ordinary water-supply under pressure.

The added devices for the employment of steam will now be described. j

Surrounding the pipe 1 below the casingis a union 19, having short tubes 20, extending downward and outward therefrom, said tubes being connected to the pipe 1, as seen at Figs. l and 4. Those tubes are closed by any suitable caps, except when steam is to be used, at which time they are left open and the tub is lled with water to a point above their open ends, as shown.

21 is a steam-pipe having a suitable cock 22 for regulating the supply. During the use of the steam for injecting the water the watersupply pipe is preferably closed by cock 23.

When operating as shown at Fig. 1, the bottle is inverted over the spindle and tubes, the brush yielding so as to pass through the neck and the chains hanging against the spindle, as will be readily understood, so long as the spindle is idle. When in this position, the neck of the bottle is supported on the Wire-guard and the frame supports it from the sides. When the water is turned on, not only is a stream of water forcibly injected into the bottle through pipe 18, but that portion of the watersupply which enters the chamber through the jet-pipe and engages the buckets on the spindle causes the latter to rotate very rapidly, whereby the chains are thrown outward, (see Fig. 1,) and operate with a scraping action against t-he glass. The brush at the top of the spindle not only cleanses the bottom of the bottle, but also distributes the water from the induct-pipe, which is thrown against its under side. The water escapes from the interior of the bottle in part through the drain-pipe I4 and in part from the mouth of the bottle over the outside of the apparatus, whence it returns to the tub.

In operating this machine with a steam-jet a water-supply under pressure is not required, The short tubes 20 are opened and the steam from the pipe 2l is permitted to flow through the main supply-pipe. As it passes upward A and divides to enter the jet-tube and inducttube it draws from the tub water, which, entering by the tubes 20, is driven into the bottle and is utilized in substantially the same manner as the water obtained from the supply-pipe, as heretoforedescribed.

The apparatus shown at Fig. 4 is substantially identical with that exhibited in the preceding Iigures, except that the holding-frame therein shown, and'denoted by 24, is changed in shape. so as to afford the glass proper support, and a brush 25 is substituted for .the chains shown in the bottle-washing machine.

In my invention I do not wish to be conned to the details of construction herein shown and described, since many .minor changes involving only mechanical skill may be made therein without departing froni the spirit and aim thereof, which consists, mainly, in the use of the water-pressure not only to inject the water into the bottle, but to .impart movement to the mechanical cleansing appliances.

I claim- 1. The combination, with the supply-pipe, of the casing mounted thereon and provided with discharge-openings at its top, a vertical spindle .journaled in the casing and having buckets and chains and a brush secured thereon, the induct-tube extending upward outside the casing and discharging into the vessel parallel to the spindle, and a frame carried by the casing and adapted to support the bottle, substantially as specified.

2. The combination,inabottle-washing machine, with the main supply-pipe and a vessel, as the tub 2, arranged adjacent thereto, the auxiliary steam-pipe entering the supplypipe, the pipes 20, adapted to take water from the tub, and washing and scraping devices fed by the main pipe, substantially as set forth.

3. In a bottle-waslier, the combination, with the main supply-pipe and a reservoir surrounding it, of the casing having the rotary spindle, bearing buckets and brushing devices, a jet-pipe adapted to supply the buckets, an induct whereby water is introduced into the vessel, a support for the vessel, the pipes 20, and the auxiliary steam-pipe connected to the supply-pipe, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the casing, the spindle journaled therein, and the means for operating the spindle, of the cap, the induct and ediict tubes extending vertically through the cap parallel with the spindle, the frame secured to the cap and adapted to uphold the Witnesses:

F. I. COOPER, HARTWELL KENDALL.

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